Old Me

It is difficult to encounter the old me. He was a very different person. The chief differences are found in the form of the organized me, and the disorganized me. Org-me maintained a suite of binders stuffed with excruciating amounts of well ordered technical data. Dis-org me finds these strange relics of past technical literacy, and thumbs through them with no understanding or comprehension. Dis-org me is shocked to discover this forgotten alter-ego. He contemplates the fact that Dis and Org represent the same person separated only by time and injury. Dis and Org are two unique people united only by name.
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A Day In the Life

04:49:42

Awake. Unable to get back to sleep.
Realize that the Collège des médecins du Québec will only be making a decision as to the appropriateness of its own earlier decision. They will either endorse the prior decision or send it back for a further review. They have 90 days from the deadline which was sometime in early November. So Nov, Dec, Jan then back to the prior committee for a 90 day review Feb, Mar, Apr, then to the insurer who render some kind of decision and then have 90 days for a medical review so May, June, July.

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ALS, CTE, and Other Acronyms

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Some time ago Dr H suggested that I keep a log of events related to my injury. I started making entries into a document called “Accident Log.” This has proved to be a very useful project especially as it pertains to ALS, CTE, and other acronyms.

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